AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION
Summary
Makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Last action Apr 1, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2026
How they voted
33–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Mar 31, 2026
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Apr 1, 2026
Committee
04/01/2026 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
03/31/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Legislature · Passed
03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 12, 2026
Committee
03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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